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THE SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. 'Be Jost ana Fear not-Let all the ends Thou Ainis't at he thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHROX, Established Jans, 38*$? Consolidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. G.. WEDNESDAY? AUGUST 8, 1906. New Series-Vol. XXVI. So % ; Ck ^attira w? $m^m Published Every Wednesday, -3Y OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY, SUMTER, S. C. Terms: $1.50 per annum-in advance. Advertisements : One' Square first insertion.$1.50 Every subsequent insertion.50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub? serve private interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be charged for. BOMBS IN NEW YORK. A Woman and Her Daughter Fright? fully Mutilated-The Bomb Thrower Loses His Hand. New York, Aug. 3.-As the result of an explosion of a bomb in a room? ing house in Williamsburg early this morning, Mrs. Mary Wise, ageo. 29, and. herN daughter, aged 10, had their face and hands shockingly mu? tilated by fragments and Hying splin? ters. Thomas Owens, a plumber, wh? is believed by the rolice to be the bomb thrower, had his face mutilated^ and his left hand blown off at the wrist. ; Mrs Wise claims that Owens tried to get into her room and charges him with throwng the bomb which shattered the wall and came near killing her and her daughter. Owens denies the charge. He says he heard a ?noise in the hall and was investiga? ting whee the explosion occurred. WHITE MAN HANGED. Marcus, the Wife Slayer. Executed in Charleston This Morning. Charleston, S. C., Aug. 3.-Wil? liam A. Marcus was hung at 11.06 a. ^ m. in the jail yard for the murder of his bigamous wife on Sullivan's Is-* land last year. He was the first white man to be executed in Charleston county in fifty years. The murder was particularly brutal, Marcus hav? ing stabbed the woman forty-two times with an-ice pick. THE COTTON CROP. Agricultural Department Issues Esti? mate of Condition on July 25. Washington, D. C., ---ug. 3.-The Statistical Board of the Agricultural Department today announced its esti mae of the condition on July 25th to be 82.9 per cent., as compared with 81.3 per cent, on June 25th, 1906, 74.9 on July 25th, 1905, 91.6 on July 25th, 1904 and a ten-year average of 82.4. TREMENDOUS FIRE LOSS. Palace of Decorative Art in Milan Italy, Burned Today. Milan, Aug. 3.-The Palace of deco? rative a."t at the Milan. Exposition, was destroyed by fire this morning. The, loss is estimated at 5,000,000 pounds. Many people were injured during the fire. CONVICTS ESCAPE. Negroes In Georgia Chain Gang At? tack Guard, Only One Escaped and One Killed. Atlanta, Aug. 4.-Sixty negro con? victs attempted to escape from the convict camp at midnight?last night whtn the guard, who was making rounds, opened the door of the room in which the men slept, was knocked down. The negroes then sarted for the dcor. The first one was shot dead by another guard. This caused the convicts to cool down. One, how? ever, escaped and Atlanta is having another man hunt, the second this week. The State Reformatory. Columbia, Aug. 4.-Governor Hey? ward has appointed Mr. W. R. Bar? ringer, of Florence, a member of the commission'on the State reformatory. He is a high toned and successful business man, and will be a valuable member of the committeev living in Florence, where the reformatory is to be located. Dr. J. L. Mann, who was formerly on the board, has resigned so that he might accept the position of superin? tendent, ard is now actively in charge of the work and getting ready for the buildings, preparing the grounds and getting The plans ready. W. J. WMtner, superintendent of Glenn & Ailisan farm at Fishing Creek, York count;/, ki'3ed Mingo Armstrong, colored. Thursday. The negro made an attack on him with a shovel and followed him to his house NO TAX EQUALIZATION. BOARD DODGES MAIN ISSUE REAL ESTATE VALUES UN? CHANGED. Board Contented Itself With Making Necessary Changes in Corporation Assessments-Many of the Mem? bers Frankly Admit That the Out? come of the Meeting Is Far From Satisfactory. Columbia. Aug. 2.-Said a member of the State board of equalization, as he was going down the steps of the Court House, after the adjournment of the State board: "Well, let's go and draw our money for the work we have not done," Other members, who were within hearing distance, ap? proved the expression of this mem? ber. Within the block Chairman Hill, of the State board of equalization, said he did not know what ,the newspapers would have to say about the matter j and the action of the board, but that I it did not meet with his approval at j all. He thought the board should -have done something more than * it did, and at least made some effort to equalize real estate values. . Another active member of the com? mittee, and who was particularly zealous in getting cotton mills assess? ments up, said: "I think this is my last meeting with the State board of equalization. I can not do any good, as the board does not seem inclined to do anything." Several days ago a wag wrote this memorandum about what the board would do by way of prediction: "Soak J ie corporations, leave real estate alone, draw their pay and adjourn. The fact of the matter is that-the State board has done what it did four years ago-nothing! When it comes to assessing real estate it loses heart. Whatever effort was made in the- direction of equalizing property was done through the influence of Comptroller Jones and the county boards. The curious part about the whole thing is that most of the members of the State board state honestly and candidly that they had undertaken to keep their assessments on real estate as low as possible, because they be? lieved that the other counties were going to do the same thing. Yesterday afternoon an effort was made to find out from the various counties what they had really done in the matter of assessments. The state? ments continued until Greenville county was reached alphabetically, when Mr. Cleveland stated that the real estate values in that cour:ty were not 60 per cent.; that they did not try to get their property up to 60 per cent., and that the effort really was to get it as low as possible. This seemed to break up the whole pian, because it was evident that the board would not have independence enough to raise the Greenville assessment, be? cause that would involve the raising of other assessments on real estate. This morning when the board met Mr. Derham undertook to have all increases limited to 15 per cent, over last year's assessments. Mr. Adair, of Laurens, moved that all abstracts on real estate be accept? ed exactly as they had been sent in by the county officers. This meant that the board was to do absolutely nothing to equalize real estate, and that its work was to quit when it got through with the corpo? ration assessments. Mr> Derham, of Horry, and Mr. Price, of Colleton, insisted that their counties were too high, and to satisfy all parties Mr. Hendricks offered an amendment that the increase in Hor? ry would not exceed 50 per cent., and the increase in Colleton should not exceed 25 per cent. This amendment was agreed to. and after considerable wrangling and. protest the board adopted Mr. Adair's resolution, ac? cepting of the returns exactly as they have been sent in by the county au? ditors and leaving tnc assessments as they were fixed by the county boards, with the exception made for Horry and Colleton counties through the in? fluences of Mr. Derham and Dr. Price. -News and Courier. AN ITALIAN MURDER. Jealous Lover Kills a Young Girl in Massachusetts. Kingston, Mass.. Aug. ?,.- Because the father of Evelyna Vezeni would not allow h^r to marry Remido Zec chi, her ardent lover, the latter fatally shot the girl and then sent a bullet into his own head. He ran a short distance and again shot himself and died instantly. The girl was'only 10 and the most beautiful in the village. She is not expected to live but a few hours. WEDGEFIELD MEETING. Report of thc Campaign Speeches Made at Wedgefield on Friday. Wedgefield: Aug. 3.-The county campaigners opened the guns on about the largest crowd ever assem? bled here for a like purpose. Being too wet to do any farm work, coupled with the announcement of a game of ball with Hagoooi in the afternoon, brought the crowd out. Dr. M. L. Parier was presiding. Th? educators were up first! Mr. S. D. Cain thanked the good people of Wedgefield for votes given him in former elections, and requested a:i examination of his record, and if found satisfactory, wanted their votes again. Mr. Cain also contradicted a report circulated here "that he had said the? law did not require him to visit the schools, said this was why he was not in his office more of his time, having to visit the schools. Mr. J. Edw. F.embert next told of his ability, etc., and what he accom? plished when in office some years back, and wanted the office again. Mr. Charley Pinckney read from manscript *his reasons for being in the race, and felt if elected he could perform the duties required, etc. Supervisor. Mr. Miles Plowden felt at home here, was the first time he had ever asked anything at the hands of the voters of Sumter county, was mis? understood at Privateer, only favored levying a tax for working roads if re essary. Mr. W. H. Seals 'felt grateful to the voters for past favors. Had worked hard with assistants of fellow mem? bers of board, Messrs. Thomas and Brogdon,. to get the county out of debt. His record was before the peo? ple, and he wanted the office for an? other term just to show the people what he could do with the county out of debt, which would probably be the case by end of the present year. Auditor. Mr. J. D. Wilder felt at home: re? minded of the time when he taught school in these parts. People knew him and of his competency. Was sorry Mr. Muldrow was not present. Mr. Robert Mu:cirow arrived later and in a short speech which could scarcely be keard. there was so much noise, made known he was seeking the office; felt that being a young man should not debar him. ??enators. Mr. A. IL Sanders, as far back as mernoo* carries him, has had friends here. Having 'yeen a member of the house for several terms, felt fully qualified for dtities of Senator. Op? posed to sale of whiskey personally in any way, but. if wc must sell it, in favor of county dispensaries, then the county would get all the profits. Was a farmer and felt he could better represent the farmers. Only four out of the present members of the Senate were farmers. The votes he did not get, why, he would like for Mr. Clifton to have them. Mr. Clifton was born in Lexington county, but got here as soon as pos? sible. Reviewed his record in House, was as much of a farmer as Mr. San? ders, would like to test their ability in pulling bell cord over a hay burner, in favor of reformed dispensary, op? posed to . compulsory education. Wanted votes Mr. Sanders did not get. Legislators. Mr. H. A. Moses, not an orator to win votes by eloquence, was in favor of what most the others were, good roads, tax reduction, etc. Is opposed to prohibition, the forces would not pull together in favor of a purified dispensary against county dispen? saries. Mr. Fraser sts.nds in his record is not in favor of selling whiskey at ali if possible to help it, if we must have a place to sell it, is in favor of county dispensaries, showed how un? fair is the present method of sharing out profits. Mr. Fraser explained fully why some thought he was an enemy of Clemson College, which we have all read in. account of the Privateer meeting. Under no consideration would he vote fo:* continuance of the dispensary system as at present. Would appreciate same support he has always received here. Mr. McElveen was in favor of the good things the others were in favor of. None felt the need of an educa? tion anymore then himself. Was in favor of dispenj-ary reformed ac? cording to Raysor-Mahning plan. Dr. Dick could not say it was the proudest minute of his life to face this audience, for he did not like speaking. Was :i good road-educa? tional-dispensary man along with the ?tilers. The doctor could not get warmed up on politics, kept compli? menting the ladies and telling jok - arri wound up with thc biggest one of th^ season. Mr. Dabbs is a Simon-pure prohi THE itol?RS ABOUT LANAHAN. Col. Haskell Replies to Letter From Gen. Jones-A Reply to the Reply The incident at the county cam? paign meeting at Slights in which Coi. John C. Haskell referred to a rumor that Lanahan, the whiskey dealer, had paid for repair work on the residence of Gen. Wilie Jones, has resulted in the exchange of two more letters in addition to the one p-.cjished in the State yesterday morning in which Gen. Jones re? quested Col. Haskell to name the brother-in-law who stated the above. In -reply to this Col. Haskell yester? day morning sent the following to Gen. Jones: Wilie Jones, Esq., Palmetto Bank. Dear Sir: Yours of this inst, just received. I did use the language you quote, but it was in reply to a direct question put to me (most unjustifiab? ly) by Mr. Weston who first named you. I said what you quote, but ad? ded that while I knew nothing, you had been distinctly charged by Mrs. Jones' brother, W?lie Caldwell, with having had a large amount spent on repairs and alterations of your house paid by Lanahan. I had heard of this charge repeatedly and heard him make it openly on Main street in front of Miot's drug store while I was passing by. I forget who he was talking to but heard him say it openly to his companions of whom there were several. I greatly regret having had to make the statement I did; as I said, I had no knowledge of the facts, but Mr. Weston's very im? proper question forced me to it. I went on to say that I go to you for guidance in neither politics nor mor? als. I greatly regret the whole occur? rence as I always dislike personalities but feel that I am not responsible but that Mr. Weston is. Yours truly, (Signed) John C. Haskell. Last night Gen, Jones sent the fol? lowing reply: Col. John C. Haskell. Columbia, S. C. De?r^Sir: Your favor of this date to hand, in which you say that you heard my brother-in-law, William H. Caldwell of California, make the statement that. Lanahan paid for the repairs on my house. Willam H. Caldwell left Columbia about the 20th of December, ^96, for Texas, and has never been east of the Mississippi river since. He is now a resident of California. My house was repaired about two years after he left Columbia, by W. J. May, contractor, and he says that he will swear that when he repaired the house William H. Caldwell had left for the West. Now, Colonel, how it is possible for William H. Caldwell to have made the statement to you when he has not been in the city for ten years? It matters not who said that Lana? han paid for the repairs on my house, it is an absolute falsehood. Respectfully, State, Aug 4. Wilie Jones. FIGHTING IN THE PHILIPPINES. The Military Forces Are Kept Busy in Several Islands. Manila, Aug. 6.-Renewed activity is being shown by Pu la janes Igor rotes and the head hunters in Leyte and Cayaguan Islands. Sunday morn? ing 200 Pulajanes surprised the po? lice of Abulog Leyte, killing tho ex president of the village, two of the Constabulary men and three police? men. Major Crawford, Capt. Knaub er and several soldiers were am; bushed and wounded by arrows on th? Cayaguan Islands. Col. John C. Haskell, who is a candidate for the Senate in Richland, has made the charge that Gen. Wilie Jones got graft from Lanahan, of Baltimore. bitionist, is opposed to the State deal? ing in liquor in any form. He also it-vfsed his record on public affairs frr years back, also his record while a member of the last legislature, and if elected to do all in his power to rid ! the State, of th^ liquor traffic. Hoped t ie one man that cid not vote for him the last lime was converted. >Tr. Stubbs ih'?ks with all of us on education, road.? etc.. hut thinks dis? pensary as purified by Raysor-Man ning bill the best pian of dealing with whiskey, would appreciate any support given him. While he would j like for more of the candidates for! the House to be against the dispen? sary flatfooted, still i; is ^ncouragins: \ to see none of them have the cheek j to .stand for it ;ts it is. The last two speakers were somewhat handicapped most of lu- f"lks were beginning to look around to see what th?-- prospect for dinner was. HOW IX GAFFNEY. Mayor Fights Policeman-Another Lively Scrimmage in Cherokee County. Gaffney. Aug. 5.-The spirit of Mars was loose in the land yesterday and porkies was at the bottom of it. The comity campaign meeting broke up in a riot, and that was thought bad enough, but that was not all the excitement for Gaffney. Last night about 10 o'clock there was a report of a fight on the streets, and an in? vestigation showed that Mayor J. Q. Little and Chief of Police Tom Lock? hart were fighting. Soon Mr. Worth Little, a brother of the mayor; and Mr. Denver Little, a son, joined in, as did Officers Cap Demons and Lloyd Autell. The fight? ing was brisk for some minutes. The wonder is that shooting irons were not used. There were several knocked down in the melee, but none was seriously hurt. After everything was quited down Mayor Little stood in the middle of Limestone street and made an ad? dress to the bystanders, telling them that the trouble was brought on by Chief Lockhart and the other two of? ficers engaged in the difficulty, neg? lecting their duty to electioneer' for Sheriff Thomas for re-election, and his having to put another man, J. M. Hampton, on the police force to help them do their duty. , It might be said here that Mayor Little and Sheriff Thomas are not on good terms and two of the aldermen are candidates, one for sheriff and one for clerk of Court. Mayor Little t^ok occasion to make a political ad? dress saying that' no officer should hold office too long, and advising the people to put out every man holding office in the Court House.' Before saying that he said that the plicemen had no business engaging in politics. The occurrences qS yesterday and last night are all-the talk of the town today. It is the concensus of opinion that the chief of police, who is a nephew of the mayor, acted in self defence and in the discharge of his duty, as did the other policemen who were acting as peace officers. There is no town the size of Gaffney with a more obliging set of police officers. A great deal of interest will center in the Police Court tomorrow morn? ing when Mayor Pro Tem Spears will try the case. Mr. Spears was a witness of the whole difficulty.-News and Courier. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NOTES Secretary Reardon Throws Boqucts at j Himself and the Daily Item. You do not. have to throw a brick wall on a Sumter man to make him .'tumble." A well known citizen of Sumter who goes North frequently! said to a prominent merchant the other day, I have been reading the Daily Item for years, advertisements and all, and the "Chamber of Com? merce Notes" published in that paper have opened my eyes to many things heretofore overlooked by me. One thing in particular caused me to pause and think, and after thinking to act. Whenever I went North I was in the habit of purchasing many dol? lars worth of necessities from foreign markets, thinking that I was saving I a few dollars thereby. But when I read the Chamber of Commerce Notes urging the advisability- of patronising home merchants and keeping every cent at home, where I make my living, pay taxes, have my money invested, and where I expect to spend my whole life, and leave im? properly and cash for my children who will live here, be educated here, and raise families here. I began to figure out the difference in cost of things, and candidly I found out that I can buy a.hnost anything I need in ? Sumter, just as cheap as I could in the larger markets. It just requires a little investigation, that's all. And when in New York, I looked around, and figured it out that New York was once as small as Sumter. But I said to myself if Sumter people will back Sumter enterprises by spending their money at home. Sumter wi.ll be many times larger than it is in a few yours, even if she never catches up willi New York. My boys and girls will have more commercial and industrial establishments to work in. my prop? erty which will after a while he theirs, will increase in value, and we will all be better off. The Chamber of Com? merce- and the Daily Item, working together are doing great things for Sumter. And I propose hereafter to liberally support both of th?se ini oortant institutions. Oscar Potts, white, has been con victe L on Rock Hill of selling whis? key. DEPENDS ON MANNING. lils Plan and Future cf thc Dis3g?Bv sary-Well Known Carolioaa Gi:ri?s; His Views on the Campaign. Washington, Aug. 3.-Col. H. T~ Simpson, one of the most projnixMaat lawyers o i the Laurnes har, is ia Washington with his family on, jj^ way to Atlantic City for a dip in the surf. y Wh 'e in Washington Col. Simpson stopped his routine of sightseeing long enough to tell something abeu* how politics are going down in Sort?t Carolina. "Senator Tillman wa& Sx*. Laurens a shore time ago and spc-fee. to th? people there," said Coi. Sinjp*. son. "While from the crowd that &z> tended the meeting *?e appeared tic* have a good many followers stjl^ there is not nearly the same enthi?siK asm noticeable that there once *vat& when he appeared in public. "The future of the dispensary; an<? the question of who is to be next. ?OTOv ernor of the StJhe are the two fefcsoxs^ bing topics cf interest. Senator Till*, man may be able to pull his as&? Manning into office -as the next gor> em or-that seems to be what he trying to do, though he has nevr sa54. out and out that Manning is hrs. choice. It is. generally conceded^ however, in the State that Manx&aqg is his favorite.' Whether or not the,, senator's influence, together with that possessed by the Sumter man Yriii make the latter the successor Governor Heyward, cannot be sasd att; this time. '.Sometime ago the people of Lau? rens voted out the dispensary,. its advocates took the matter into court and it was held that the ei*vc* tion under which the vote was tak*?^ was invalid, hence the dispensa^;, should not be closed.. It is still ope^ but I think it only a question o$ time when it will receive a majori?^ cf the votes of the pc-ople /for it to, close. Many of the counties in th*. State have already voted the dispel sary out, the people of those counties. believeing that the dispensary T^??. not the best solution of the liquor question. While it has not generally bee? known that Mr. Manning was the choice of Senator Tillman, I think there is no question of that being the case. I also think that perhaps th* future operation of the dispensary de? pends somewhat on whether cr not Manning is elected and his ideas: ad-v opted. Unless he is elected the dis-:., pensary may have a hard fight* though I do not doubt that the cona* ing primary elections in the different counties throughout the State .w??. send a majority of dispensary men tc. the legislaure. "I have not the least idea wha* could have induced Mr. Lumpkin to take the step he did in entering th* race against Senator Tillman and th* case is equally as myseiious to manj* other people in the Stte Mr. Lump* kin is absolutely unknown to the peo* pie of the State and his actions ha\>* been a puzzle to many people in dif* ferent parts of South Carolina."--WN W. Price in Columbia Recordv APPALLING CATASTROPHE; Thc Death List of Siro Wreck Ex* ceeds Four Hundred. Cartagenia Spain, Aug. 6.-(Sub* stitute.) The death list in the wroclt of the Italian steamer Sirio, off Ker* migas Island yesterday probably ex* ceeds 400. The fact that the sbip^ books were lost makes it difficult to tell just how many lives were Jost and the exact number may never h& known. The catastrophe was an ap> palling one and only the fact that -a, fleet of trawlers was within distance, to give assistance, saved the disaster from being one of the worst record^ iii maratime annals. Of the SOO per* j sons believed to have been aboard* ; approximately half were saved. Th* Sirio sank so quickly it is unlikely that more than a few of the teta* numbers of passengers would h&Ye escaped had not he'p been so close a>t hand. Today the coast near th* wreck and fer miles around is littered; with wreckage, showing the com* pjeteness of the destruction of th* -trainer. STRIKE IN SAN FRANCISCO, Thc Earthquake City Now Thrcatcnt^ With Great Labor Disturbances* San Francisco, Aug. 4.-This oJt$ is now threatened with a &reat struts. The representatives of all vht Unions whose members are in the pay of th$ United Railroads, met in secret se?* sinn inst night and affected an amala* gamation. They have moved for in*, creased wages and a strike which mi$ shut down the entire system is threat* ened.